I don't believe most people take the city proper population into account, usually. The population of a city can be hampered by it's land size. Kansas City is 318 sq. miles while OKC is 621 sq. miles, nearly double. I'm not going to fight with you, I understand your point. I personally take the metros before the proper, as do most people from my understanding. But I could be wrong...

You do realize 85% of OKC's population resides in 2/3rd's of it's area?You could deannex 1/3rd of OKC's area and still have 450k+!and that makes it much more comparable to KC's density!DO people actually think OKC has 1 house every quarter of a mile for 600+sq miles?

Read the thread dude, I didn't bring it up. And please don't use the word retarded it's inslutting to others. Somebody compared OKC to Chi and NYC.
I pointed out it didn't matter how big the city was. Just building one building over 800 feet is a big step. Next time read what I write and quit jumping the gun.

You do realize 85% of OKC's population resides in 2/3rd's of it's area?You could deannex 1/3rd of OKC's area and still have 450k+!and that makes it much more comparable to KC's density!DO people actually think OKC has 1 house every quarter of a mile for 600+sq miles?

Ok, sure I understand what you're saying but it's a little beyond the point. I believe this is why the OKC threads are derailed so often because OKC posters take offense to every little thing on this green earth. It's quite tiring and half of the time people don't mean any harm by it...

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Ok, sure I understand what you're saying but it's a little beyond the point. I believe this is why the OKC threads are derailed so often because OKC posters take offense to every little thing on this green earth. It's quite tiring and half of the time people don't mean any harm by it...

As for the "walk 15 minutes and be in a corn field" comment- that's sort of inaccurate because we don't really have too many corn fields- you are getting us confused with the rest of the plains states- common misconception. However, you can walk about 2-3 miles from downtown to the northeast and be in forest and pasture. About 1/4 of the inner city loop is basically rural because the development spreads to the northwest and south instead of NE.

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Originally Posted by zapor1

still, OKC is pretty lucky. You can't name that much cities with 560k population with a 259m building.

Yep we're basically lucky to have a company with billions in cash reserves that can do whatever they want

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Originally Posted by ScaperDude

Now Chase needs a recladding

Chase needs a lot of things to ever compete with Devon.. haha. It was never the star of our skyline despite being the tallest for such a long time.

it's just people were talking about city, and I was making a point that OKC city isn't small, in fact it's the biggest in a very large region not including texas. even including texas, OKC is still in the top 5.

OKC's metro isn't small either, but it is smallest of most major cities. but 1.3 million isn't anything to sneeze at either.

but I do agree - it is really correct to consider a city by it's metro and often times CSA.

I often get irritated when people lump Tacoma into Seattle, because they really are two different cities however. But I suppose people do it for ease.

Minneapolis and Saint Paul are different also. But Dallas and Ft Worth are similar, so I can see if people wanted to call it all, dallas. But DFW is a fancy/catchy, SeaTac - maybe not so much.

Actually, maybe the appearance of the Devon Tower will be an impetus for Chase to freshen up a bit. The bones are just as good as any other building, so a new skin, albeit expensive, would do wonders for its look.
Then again, maybe all skylines need the obligatory black box from the modernists/van der Rohe school. Will this instigate a debate about HOW and IF the Chase building should be re-clad? Anyone care to start a new thread on OKCTalk?

Darn. I missed the juicy discussion yesterday. I actually went to OKC last week and went shopping at Penn Square. The mall was okay but the highways were and the people watching was hard when everyone was Regardless, I saw the Devon Tower and it was looking purdy. The cladding was amazing and the height was pretty stellar. Cheers from a Tulsan

I nabbed this still image from KWTV tower cam. I'll have to catch it on a clear day or whomever is viewing it on a clear day can try to get a better one.
I was looking and was impressed at the height of Devon from this angle.

Darn. I missed the juicy discussion yesterday. I actually went to OKC last week and went shopping at Penn Square. The mall was okay but the highways were and the people watching was hard when everyone was Regardless, I saw the Devon Tower and it was looking purdy. The cladding was amazing and the height was pretty stellar. Cheers from a Tulsan

I was about to go off on you but I'll contain myself,I think your just trying to get a response from someone!I'm glad you spent money in OKC,please come back and spend your money in OKC! Cheers from an Oklahoma Citian!

I was about to go off on you but I'll contain myself,I think your just trying to get a response from someone!I'm glad you spent money in OKC,please come back and spend your money in OKC! Cheers from an Oklahoma Citian!

Yes, I'm an attention *****. I missed the juicy discussion and felt depressed. Thanks for giving me my response. I can live a few days more now.

We're getting buried, in Central Illinois, by the " Blizzard from Hell " ! I was kinda hoping that OKC would " take one for the team " so that MY hometown wouldn't have to. Then, WE could make a move on the Devon Tower!